Money loses “honour” as EFCC declares Rivers Accountant General wanted for N435bn fraud

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EFCC Money Laundering

The Nigerian naira has lost all its honours in the hands of several Accountant Generals in the country after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) declared the Rivers State Accountant-General, Fubara Siminayi, and 58 others wanted for a whooping N435 billion fraud.

This was according to a statement by the EFCC on Tuesday declaring Siminayi, and four other Rivers State government officials, among others, wanted for suspected N117 billion fraud, alleged criminal conspiracy, money laundering, misappropriation of public funds, and abuse of office.

The Commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, in the statement, called on the general public to assist in apprehending the Accountant-General and other suspects.

He said; “We call on anyone with useful information as to the whereabouts of the Account-General to contact any of the Agency’s offices or the nearest police station or other security agencies.”

The declaration comes just a few days after Nigeria’s Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, was arrested over an alleged N80bn fraud.

It was gathered the Accountant General had been embezzling the alleged sum ever since his appointment to the position.

As of today, two Accountant Generals in Nigeria are presently under the radar of EFCC for alleged fraud. The accusations levied against the Rivers State Accountant General and others amounted to N435bn while the allegations levied against Nigeria’s Accountant General amount to N80bn.

The monetary value of both accusations is N515,000,000,000 (N515bn).

While Nigeria’s Accountant General is currently in the custody of the EFCC, the Accountant General of Rivers State is still at large.

Corruption cases in the country are presently making the headlines, on Monday, a report suggested that the newly appointed Accountant General, Anamekwe Chukwunyere Nwabuoku, is also under investigation by the EFCC.

Accroding to the report, Nwabuoku allegedly committed fraud while he was the Director of Finance and Accounts (DFA) at the Ministry of Defence.

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